National Gallery of Art

Leonardo da Vinci created masterpieces of art and sculpture. Equally remarkable, his aggregate achievements in engineering, mathematics, anatomy, geology, physics, music, military technology, aeronautics, and a wide range of other fields, not only stood without peer in his own time, but were strikingly prescient for the distant future. He recorded his forward-looking ideas in thousands of notebook pages, known as codices. He produced one codex entirely on flight in 1505-1506, the Codex on the…

politics. The impact the Space Race had on culture includes changes in art, television/movies, and architecture. The influence on technology lead to the development of satellites and software systems. Finally, the race's effect also made space the center of politics, as seen through analyzing Dwight D. Eisenhower and John. F. Kennedy’s (JFK) presidential careers. The Space Race influenced changes in art, television/movies. Gallery and museum interiors became “ice-white” cubes; like the clean…

envisage heaven, a place full of beautiful, naked women. In both paintings human bodies are elongated. It has often been said that El Greco used these distorted proportions to express spiritual fervor and achieve a supernatural remoteness. In Picasso’s art, on the other hand, this quality of remoteness does not point to any divine sphere rather, his figures are detached from the world because they are a symbol for distressed and oppressed humanity. Another stylistic device which Picasso borrowed…

Annie Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949 in Waterbury Connecticut. She first became interested in art while attending Northwood High School where she wrote and played music. She then studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. After living on an Israeli kibbutz for a short period of time, Leibovitz returned to the United States and started working for Rolling Stone magazine. When she started working for Rolling Stone magazine, she worked as a staff photographer. At the age of 23,…

Mrs. Templar Art and Music Appreciation 11/06/2017 Writing Assignment: Art Theft Art theft is more common than you think. According to the FBI, art and cultural property crime can include theft, fraud, looting, and trafficking across state and international lines. This type of crime can happen virtually anywhere at any given time. Many agencies have vowed to bring an end to the common crime of art theft. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently dedicated an Art Crime…

Elizabeth Spain 19th Century Article review Andrew walker Walker’s main argument is about Turner’s The slave ship exhibition history. Arguing, how displaying a work of art can influence it’s meaning. Also the social significance it has on people. This leads into his major points for his argument. Basically, the slow transformation it had on people through the history of the work’s exhibition. It all began, in 1840 at the royal academy. Critics were outraged by it’s “painterly and…

transcripts on file (Syracuse U, SCSU and Univ. of New Hampshire), FIA206, Arts and Ideas II was accepted for three semester hours of credit in art. A full 12 semester hours of credit in art were not identifiable. Please submit course descriptions for the course(s) that you feel may be considered for art course work.” While is it accurate to conclude that my only “formal” credits in fine arts were earned in FIA206, Arts and Ideas II, Connecticut General Statutes relating to educational…

It was built and constructed for its public use to showcase the civic development of Wellington. Also, it holds some of the most remarkable events on a local, national and international scale. The features of some of the most unique works of art in the Square were designed due to the bicultural nature of New Zealand in partnership with many different sculptors and artists. Civic Square represents the “heart” of Wellington City due to the surrounding…

government had begun to subsidize culture, through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). (Oster287) The baby boom grew up more educated than their parents and they even became very heavy in the consumers of culture, devoting more of disposable income to the museums. (Oster287) The industry took a total of $4,395 billion in 1988 operating within the revenue and supported against a total of $4,017 billion in operating expenses. (Oster 287) The Art Museum accounted for about 25% of both…

Artists will try to define new art movements to be individual and to inspire a new trend. They want to be the inspiration to other artists and form new paths for people to express themselves. Also if they begin a new trend and become famous they can earn a big profit off of their work. People want to connect with art so art has to evolve and change to fit current things with what is going on in current day times. I believe that artist can have real political impacts on social change. Artists…